The Tamils feel betrayed by the international community, says Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M.A. Sumanthiran.
Sumanthiran’s comments come after former Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was named as the presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) on Sunday (11) by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Controversy meanwhile surrounds the renunciation of Gotabaya’s US citizenship.
However, concerns have been raised as to how the US had permitted his renunciation of citizenship when he was facing litigation in the US and also faced allegations of human rights violations among others before the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Sumanthiran has further noted that the Tamil community in the country is more united than during the war and would stand together at decisive moments.
He has further stated that the TNA played a crucial role to ensure the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government was defeated in 2015 and once again in defeating the 52 day political coup last year.
According to the MP, if the political coup last October was not defeated then, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa would have come to power.
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